Means for cutting fabrics



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UNITED srarn s PATENT when Renew LOEB, or animnvrowlv, PENNSYLVANIA, Assreivoa TO LOEB & tvnsoi-r COMPANY, Inc, crust/innit,nnw nasnY, eonronnrron or new anssny.

MEANS Eon" CUTTING Fnnmcs.

Appli cation. filedileznuary 28, 1921. i Serial N... 440,717.

To aZL-whom concern} 7 Be t known that .1, Renew Lone, ,a citrzen :oi? the United States, residing [in Jen- I ln -itoiim,Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,

have invented certain iimproveme-i l ts in Means for Cutting Fabrics, otavhichthe fol-V lowing is a specification. p

' My invention relates-tocertain improvements in .-a maehineior euttinggiahnics into givenlengths from a piece, :or roll, dor, which Letters Patent were applied tor by me 011 the first day of September, 1920,:Senial No.

The objeet of my present invention is to feed rolls, oneoit which carries a cutter, a variable movement so that, when the cutter is in action to (sever the piece otgco'ds, the rolls :are traveling at a oomphrativelyv slow speed, and when the [cutter is oat of action the. speed is increased luntil the cutter nears the cutting point. v In the accompanying drawings: i Fig. llis afrontelevation illustrating my improved machine (for cutting fiahniesj; M Fig. 2is an endsview; 4

Fig. 3 is a rear View ofa p'ortionao'f the machine; e a 1 Fig. 4 isalongitudinalsectional view of one ,of itheroll-s illustrating the cutter, the 1 section being on the line 4%, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-7 5, .F .4; U

. 6 to 11,.inclusive, are diagrammatic views, showing the cam arm in :dilierent positions, and 1 Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic viewiin dicatiirg the movement 201 thefeed roll carrying the cutter.

Referring to the idrawings l isithe base -oiithemachinemounted on legs 2.. Onthis base are housings for the feedrollsefand 5. The ,roll 5 carries the :C-UttrBI G, shown clearly in Figs. 4a and The detailshfthis cutter will be described hereinafter.

7 is the main drivingshaft of the machine mounted in suitable bearings-on the legs 2. Onthi's driving shaft are twocam disks 8 i and 9, Fig. 13, preterablyhaving beveled surfaces, as shown, and mounted onan arm 10 of a lever 11 is a conical roller 12, which is .adapteduto the recess formed by the two cam disks. By making the bearing surface of provide mechanism for imparting to the 7 the upper roll .5 is considerably less in diam- "eterthan the lower teedirolly i v the roll. While the'roll is moving from the l position shown-1n Flg. 9, which is r, Fig.

the cam disks beveled and using a conical roller, the disks can be readily taken up tor wear. p

Mounted on the shaft 7 iszasprocket Wheel 13 around which passes a chain 1% to a sprocket Wheel 15 on a shaft 16 having its bearings ina bracket 1? projieetingtrom the n outside portion .ofthe machine. V

18 is a take uprol ler mounted on an ad justable bearing 19 on'the under side ofth'e V bracket [Wand provided with ELSCIBW'QO, or

other means, for; adjusting 'itlto :take upt'h'e slack. On the shaft 1-6 is an arm 21 having a pin 22 adapted to-a slide "23 :in ia'cam 2e mountedwon ,a :shait 25 having its hearings in the bracket 17.; Securedto llllE: shaii't his a pinion 26, which meshes .ivith a gear Wheel 27 on theloyver feedroll 4.. This gear wheel,

in turn, meshes with a gear Wheel 28 .011 the upper deed roll 5. In the prcsentinstance,

The cutterfi is attached t'ojafirod :29, ivhieh prog ects through theends "of the roll 5 3.11Cl

. is guided bywa rod 30loeatedwitl1in the roll.

z-he cutter-projectsthrough alongitudinal slot 31 in the roll. This construction'is fully described in the applicationihereinbefore rea L ferred to. 1 If. I"

The cam arm'24i is so shaped thatlwh'en the knifeiis traveling fromthe point no to the ,pointqmfl Fig. 12, it isrotating sloivly,;and the cutter is ,moving longitudinally of the i roll to make the out; From the point .72 to the point 00 themovement of ;the :roll 'is increased, and Yit'rom the point to the-point its movementis .rapid. From the point j m te-the point a2,it decreases in speed.

Referring to th-ediagrams, Fig. 6, shjows' the two armsQl and 24 :in the mid position andn ovi-ng rapidly in th-exlirection ofl'the arrow,

1 Fig. 7 shows the parts of the arm still .moving rapidly and the pin 22 gradually 1 moving forward in theslot'23, and when it 7 reaches the position shown, in Fig; 8 the movement is slackcned, and .fIOnlFtllB position shown .mFrgwS to that illustrated in .F-ig, 9, the speed; gradually decreases. From the. position shown :inLFig. .9 to that shown in Fig. 10, there is very little movement of 12, to the position shown in Fig. 10, which is w, the cutter moves longitudinally of the rolls and cuts the fabric. While the arm 21 is moving from theposition shown in Fig. to that shown in Fig. 11, the speed. of the roll is gradually increasing.

In the present instance, the bar 29, to which the cutter is attached, has rack teeth 32, which mesh with the teeth ofa pinion 33 on a shaft at on which is a pinion 35, the teeth of which meshwith a rack 36 on an arm 37 pivoted at 38 to a bracket projecting from the fixed portion of the machine. On the lever 11, which is pivoted at 40 to a cross frame 2 is a forked end 41, slotted at 42 to receive a pin 43 adjustably mounted on a rod 44 having at one enda forked head 45 recessed at 46 to extend over a pin 39 on the arm 37. By this arrangement, the disks 8 and 9, which form the cam, actuate the carrier 47 on which the cutting disk is mounted. I Y

The fabric to be cut is preferably wound in a roll, which is located in front of the machine, and is guided by mechanism48- to the rolls. This mechanism is fully described in the application hereinbefore alluded to and forms no part of the present invention. I

The rolls 4t and 5 are the feed rolls of the machine so that the material travels continuously through the machine, but the speed varies, due to the arrangement of the arm 21 and the cam arm 24:. The mechanism for reciprocating the cutter is timed with the feed mechanism so that while'the .rolls are feeding the material slowly, 1 the cutter passes over the fabric and makes the cut. During the remainder ofthe revolution of the rolls, the cutter is'returned to its first position.

I claim:

1. The combination in a machine for cutting fabrics and like material, of two feed rolls; a reciprocating cutter mounted in one of said rolls; means for operating the cutter; means for imparting a variable movement to the feed rolls; and means for coordinating the cutter operating and feed roll operating means so that the cutter will cut the material during the time it is being fed slowly through the machine.

2. The combination in a machine for cut,-

ting fabrics, and like materials, of two feed rolls; a reciprocating cutter mounted in one of said rolls; means for imparting move ment to the cutter; an operating arm; means for drii ing said'arm; a cam arm having a cam slot therein, the operating arm having co 7 a pin adapted to the slot; a shaft onwhich the cam is mounted; 1 and mechanism fordriving the feed rolls from the shaft of the cam arm. I

The combination in a machine for cutting fabrics, and like materials, of two feed rolls; a reciprocating cutter mounted in one of said feed rolls; means for reciprocating the cutter; a driving arm having a pin; means for driving the arm; and a cam arm having a slot into which the pin extends, said slot having an angular extension and so proportioned that during a certain portion of the revolution the pin of the operating arm will travel in the angular-slot of the cam arm and thus reduce the speed of rotation of the feed rolls, the mechanism for operating the cutter being in timed relation with the mechanism for'operating the rolls so that the cut will be made during the time the speed of the rolls is reduced.

4. The combination in a machine for cutting'fabrics, and like materials, of a frame;

two feed rolls mounted on the frame; a driving shaft; a sprocket wheel on the driving shaft; an intermediate shaft having a sprocket Wheel thereon; a chain passing around the two sprocket wheels; a shaft on mounted in one of the rolls; and means,

driven from the main shaft, for moving the cutter, the means being so timed that the cut will be made while ing slowly.

5. The combination in'a machine for cuttingfabrics, and like materials, of two feed rolls; a reciprocating cutter mounted in one of said rolls; a main shaft; a cam thereon consisting oftwo disks spaced apart; alever pivoted to the frame of the machine and having a roller extending into the space between the disks; a pivoted arm having a toothed segment at its upper end; a rod coupled to the arm and to the lever; a shaft having a pinion meshing with the toothed segment; a second pinion on the shaft; a rod attached to the cutter and extending through one end of the rolls and having teeth meshing with the teeth of the pinion; and means for driving said feed rolls. I 6. The combination in a machine for cutting fabrics, and like materials, of two feed rolls; acutter mounted in one of said rolls the rolls are mov- "and extending through a slot therein a rod attached to the cutter and having rack teeth; a pinion meshing with said teeth; a shaft on which the pinion is mounted; a second pinion on said'shaft; a pivoted arm having a toothed segment meshing with the teeth of the second rack; a main shaft; a cam thereon; a lever actuated by the cam; a rod connecting the lever with the cam having the segment; and means for driving the feed rolls.

7. The combination in a machine for cutspaced from the other to form a cam slot;

\ ting fabrics, and like materials, of two feed a lever having a tapered roller extending rolls, one of said lOllS being slotted; a cutter 111110 the 021111 o means conneetlng e 10 mounted in said slotted roll and extending v r With the utter so as t recipro ate through the slot therein; a main shaft; two; the cutter; n means 1' d iv ng he r011 cam disks on said shaft each of said disks V d having beveled surfaces, one disk being A V RUDOLF LOEB. 

